Tsend Munkh-Orgil


Tsend Munkh-Orgil or Tsendiyn Munkh-Orgil is a Mongolian politician. On 22 July 2016, The State Great Khural of Mongolia appointed him as the Foreign Minister of Mongolia.

Early life and education

Munkh-Orgil was born on 18 October 1964 in the town of Baruun-Urt, Sukhbaatar Province, in eastern Mongolia. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1988 and Harvard Law School in 1996. Munkh-Orgil joined Mongolian Foreign Service in 1988 and held various diplomatic positions, including at the Permanent Mission of Mongolia to the United Nation in New York. In 1996-2000 he practiced law in the United States and Mongolia.

Political timeline and career

In December 2016 Tsend stated that the current government of Mongolia would not allow the Dalai Lama to visit. Also he made statements about the need to consolidate Mongolia's budgets that were picked up by international press.